Homaro Cantu, remarkably mad restauranteur

If you thought you'd seen everything there was to see in food, you haven't come across Homaru Canto of moto cuisine. He offers a degustation menu that's so different it's truly remarkable, using liquid nitrogen, class 4 lasers & a patented polymer oven to create visual and textural plays on food beyond anything I've ever seen.

This may not be your thing - Howard doesn't care. I'm sure the place is booked months in advance by people who absolutely love it. Here's what he and business partner Ben Roach had to say at PopTech in 2006: